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I have a vial in the fridge with a best by date of 8/10. I'm going to use it in a 2 gallon test batch and was just going to pitch the vial. Given the date and the batch size is this appropriate?

2nd year Cascades, I have a ton of cones all nice and big. None of them have any visible lupines and smell just like nothing. I tore a cone apart and deep in the center is a deposit of lupines. Are they just not ready yet? It's been dry and I water often.

Just finished today: 15 gallon kettle 10 Gallon MLT 8 Gallon HLT Still may need an small shelf on the high side. Have to mount the march pump and electric crap.

Now all the kids will know where the "CSI theme songs" came from! :ban:

Due to a home remodel my all grain op is shut off. I busted out some old equipment and did a nice extract on the stove yesterday. Doing so I realized I have a vial of irish stout yeast about to expire.. so I picked up some more extract and on a whim some cherry extract. The extract is...

I hadn't made cheese in awhile so I figured I'd give it a go. My prior attemps were with "stuff around the house" so it was buttermilk starters and Junket renet. Those turned out ok, so I bought a Ricki hard cheese kit to make it better. 1st batch was Wednesday. I used whole milk (1G) with...

I was inspired and decided to try to make butter. Nothing could be easier! Last night I made a "sweet" and salted butter and also inoculated a quart of cream with some buttermilk and let it set. Used the cuisinart to "churn" it. Started the cream at 60F and it was butter/buttermilk in...

Was at the hardware store when the makings of a heatstick jumped into my cart. The pic below shows the dry fit. I was wondering if it is safe to touch the metal while it's in operation becauce most pics I've seen has a plastic extension. Since my elbow is 15" I was just going to cap it. So...

I cut a pound bag into 1oz bags today, just using some custom sized "zip locks" and a straw to create the "vacuum seal". It's tedious work to be sure but went by quick. My basement office still smells great of hops aroma! I have another pound of Centennial that I'm going to cut into oz's...

Made a 4 gallon extract batch. It's been a month and I'm just starting to see some carbonation. I used Mutons Ale yeast (the 1st time). After 2 weeks and still squishy bottles I made a distillers yeast slurry and added a bit to each bottle. A week later... nothing. I began to suspect...